# 月夜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuèyè
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut$^6$ je$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$-yeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè-yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyeh
*** Palladius: юэе (jueje)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyut$^6$ je$^6$
*** Yale: yuht yeh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyt$^9$ je$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yud$^6$ yé$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːt̚² jɛː²²/

### Noun

月夜
* moonlit night; moonlit evening

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 月光暝

#### Antonyms

* 月黑天 (yuèhēitiān)
* 月黑夜 (yuèhēiyè)
* 月黑頭／月黑头 (yuèhēitóu)
* (Hokkien) 月暗暝

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 月(げつ)夜(や) (getsuya)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 月 | 夜 |
| つき Grade: 1 | よ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
From 月 (tsuki, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).
Alternatively, a shift from Old Japanese 月夜 (tukuyo$_1$).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つきよ [tsùkíꜜyò] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [t͡sɨkʲijo̞]

#### Noun

月(つき)夜(よ) • (tsukiyo)
* a moonlit night or evening, especially during autumn
* (by extension, archaic) the moon
* (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 飯鮨 (iizushi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Derived terms

* 月(つき)夜(よ)影(かげ) (tsukiyokage)
* 月(つき)夜(よ)烏(がらす) (tsukiyogarasu)
* 月(つき)夜(よ)ざし (tsukiyozashi)
* 月(ツキ)夜(ヨ)茸(タケ) (tsukiyotake)
* 有(あり)明(あけ)月(つき)夜(よ) (ariake tsukiyo)
* 薄(うす)月(づき)夜(よ) (usuzukiyo)
* 朧(おぼろ)月(づき)夜(よ) (oborozukiyo)
* 星(ほし)月(づき)夜(よ) (hoshizukiyo)
* 夕(ゆう)月(づき)夜(よ) (yūzukiyo)
* 雪(ゆき)月(づき)夜(よ) (yukizukiyo)
* 宵(よい)月(づき)夜(よ) (yoizukiyo)

##### Idioms

* 月(つき)夜(よ)に釜(かま)を抜(ぬ)かれる (tsukiyo ni kama o nukareru)

##### Proverbs

* 月(つき)夜(よ)に提(ちょう)灯(ちん)も外(がい)聞(ぶん) (tsukiyo ni chōchin mo gaibun)
* 月(つき)夜(よ)の蟹(かに) (tsukiyo no kani)
* いつも月(つき)夜(よ)に米(こめ)の飯(めし) (itsumo tsukiyo ni kome no meshi)
* 親(おや)と月(つき)夜(よ)はいつもよい (oya to tsukiyo wa itsumo yoi)

### Etymology 2

By surface analysis, 月 (tsuku, “moon”, the bound form of 月(つき) (tsuki)) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sɨkɯ̟jo̞]

#### Noun

月夜(つくよ) • (tsukuyo)
* the moon
* a moonlit night

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 月 | 夜 |
| げつ Grade: 1 | や Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 月夜 (MC ngjwot yaeH).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げつや [géꜜtsùyà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɡe̞t͡sɨja̠]

#### Noun

月(げつ)夜(や) • (getsuya)
* a moonlight night, moonlight evening

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

From 月 (tuku, apophonic and compounding form of tuki$_2$, “moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo$_1$, “night”).

### Noun

月夜 (tukuyo$_1$) (kana つくよ)
* a moonlight night, moonlight evening
* (by extension) the moon

#### Derived terms

* 曉月夜 (akato$_2$ki$_1$-dukuyo$_1$) → 暁月夜 (akatsuki-zukuyo)
* 朝月夜 (asadukuyo$_1$)
* 卯の花月夜 (uno$_2$pana-dukuyo$_1$)
* 木の下月夜 (konoshita-zukuyo) (Japanese)
* 星月夜 (hoshizukuyo) (Japanese)
* 夕月夜 (yupudukuyo$_1$) → 夕月夜 (yūzukuyo)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 月夜 (tsukiyo)

#### See also

* 久方の (pi$_1$sakata no$_2$), pillow word that can allude to tukuyo$_1$